Species Kamoharaia megastoma (Kamohara, 1936)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Chascanopsetta megastoma Kamohara, T. 1936. Supplementary notes on the fishes collected in the vicinity of Kôti (IX). Zoological Magazine, Tokyo 48: 306-311 figs [not seen] [308, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype BSKU lost (Neotype BSKU 9592 designated by Kamohara, T. 1961. Notes on the type specimens of fishes in my laboratory. Report of the USA Marine Biological Station 8(2): 1-9 pls 1-7 [7, pl.5 (fig.1)], but designation is invalid as it did not meet criteria set by International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature), Mimase, Kochi Prefecture, Japan.

 

Generic Combinations

• Kamoharaia megastoma (Kamohara, 1936). —
  Kuronuma, K. 1940. The heterosomate fishes collected in deep waters of Japan. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 10(3): 29-61 figs 1-7 [35] (changed combination with description of genus Kamoharaia)

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northwest of Port Hedland (19°08'S to 116°50'S) to south of Scott Reef (14°58'S, 121°38'E), WA; tropical, west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, soft bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

169-270m

 

General References

Amaoka, K. 1969. Studies on the sinestral flounders found in the waters around Japan. Taxonomy, anatomy, and physiology. Journal of the Shimonoseki College of Fisheries 18: 65-340 [217]

Chen, J.T.F. & Weng, H.T.C. 1965. A review of the flatfishes of Taiwan. Biological Bulletin. Tunghai University (Ichthyology) 25, 27(5): 1-103 figs 1-72

Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. [275]

Hensley, D.A. & Amaoka, K. 2001. Bothidae. pp. 3799-3841 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3834]

Hoese, D.F. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Bothidae. pp. 1810-1823 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [1820]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [46]

Kamohara, T. 1961. Notes on the type specimens of fishes in my laboratory. Report of the USA Marine Biological Station 8(2): 1-9 pls 1-7 [7]

Kuronuma, K. 1940. The heterosomate fishes collected in deep waters of Japan. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 10(3): 29-61 figs 1-7 [35]

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [284]

 

Common Name References

Hensley, D.A. & Amaoka, K. 2001. Bothidae. pp. 3799-3841 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3834] (FAO) (Widemouthed Flounder)

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [284] (Wide-mouthed Flounder)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Widemouth Flounder)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
08-Jul-2015	PLEURONECTOIDEI	16-Jun-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED